The Holy Mountain
1973 | 113m | Spanish
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
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| Writer: | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
| Staring: |
| The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 29, 1973 |
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| Director: | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
| Writer: | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | christianity, mexico, paraplegic, symbolism, surreal, religion and supernatural, satire, thief, surrealism, enlightenment, avant-garde, crucifix, blasphemy, alchemy, psychedelic, alchemist |
| Production Companies | Producciones Panicas, ABKCO Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $96,262
Budget: $750,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Mar 12, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Alejandro Jodorowsky | The Alchemist |
| Horacio Salinas | The Thief |
| Zamira Saunders | The Written Woman |
| Juan Ferrara | Fon |
| Adriana Page | Isla |
| Burt Kleiner | Klen |
| Valerie Jodorowsky | Sel |
| Nicky Nichols | Berg |
| Richard Rutowski | Axon |
| Luis Lomelí | Lut |
| Ana De Sade | The Prostitute |
| Jacqueline Voltaire | Tourist Wife |
| Chucho-Chucho | The Chimpanzee |
| Letícia Robles | Bald Woman 1 |
| Connie De La Mora | Bald Woman 2 |
| David Kapralik | Tourist |
| Pablo Leder | Circus Barker |
| Bobby Cameron | Fon's Working Girl |
| Re Debris | Klen's Lover |
| Lupita Peruyero | Berg's Wife |
| José Antonio Alcaraz | Pantheon's Bar Owner |
| Héctor Ortega | Drug Master |
| Robert Taicher | Poet |
| Arielle Dombasle | (uncredited) |
| Manuel Dondé | Wanderer (uncredited) |
| Marcela López Rey | Prostitute (uncredited) |
| David Silva | Fon's Father (uncredited) |
| Jane Mitchell | Stripteaser (uncredited) |
| Cameron Oppenheimer | Fon's Working Girl (as Bobby Cameron) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Roger Rodewald | Post-Production Manager |
| Luis Urias | Painter, Sculptor |
| C. Robert Fine | Sound Mixer |
| Don Cherry | Original Music Composer |
| Al Steckler | Music Supervisor, Sound Supervisor |
| Alain Glass | Painter, Sculptor |
| Marcelino Pacheco | Special Effects |
| Gonzalo Gavira | Sound Effects |
| Joanne Pottlitzer | Translator |
| Allen Klein | Presenter |
| Rafael Corkidi | Director of Photography |
| Federico Landeros | Editor |
| Nicky Nichols | Costume Design |
| Rafael Villaseñor Kuri | Assistant Director |
| Manuel Felguerez | Painter, Sculptor |
| María Eugenia Luna | Makeup Artist |
| Ronald Frangipane | Original Music Composer |
| Howard Lester | Sound Editor |
| Miguel Garzón | Camera Operator |
| Antonio Neira | Sculptor |
| Scot Olive | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Alejandro Jodorowsky | Sculptor, Director, Painter, Original Music Composer, Set Designer, Production Design, Screenplay, Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Roberto Viskin | Producer |
| Robert Taicher | Executive Producer |
| Allen Klein | Executive Producer |
| Alejandro Jodorowsky | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 22 | 31 | 18 |
| 2024 | 5 | 25 | 39 | 18 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 979 | 979 |
This video work is visualized, "psychotherapy". It is truly in the realm of the divine. The numerous famous scenes, eccentric, unusually colorful, erotic, gross-out, and fully materialized by the alchemy of Mr. Alexandre Jodorowsky, can sufficiently heal patients with "mental disorders" as "psychoth ... erapy" even if there is no dialogue in them. And the film is an ensemble of images of the perverts of the earth, including sexuality, grotesqueness, sanctity, love (or abuse) of the disabled, and contempt for animals, all in one film. This is not only Alejandro Jodorowsky's masterpiece, but (at least for me) I was healed by this film. It is this visual work, more than drugs or masturbation, that is the source of salvation for me. So this film is a Copernican turn in psychiatry beyond art. Thank you for saving me. And if you watch it without subtitles, you will have a much more enjoyable experience.